By: Akhunzada Fazle Haq
MARDAN: The Mardan Medical Complex and Benazir Bhutto Children Hospital (BBCH) on Tuesday issued its Eidul Azha performance report, according to which both the health facilities provided healthcare services to 7,584 patients during the religious festivity holidays.
According to an official communique, the hospital management had chalked out a comprehensive strategy to ensure uninterrupted provision of treatment services to the patients during the Eid holidays.
It stated that MMC provided healthcare to 5,897 while BBCH tended to 1,687 children during Eidul Azha holidays. According to the report, out of the total 5,241 patients, visited MMC, 323 patients were admitted to different departments for further diagnosis and treatment.
The report said that 5,314 people were brought to the hospital for complaints regarding stomach disorders, fever, sustaining knives injuries while skinning sacrificial animals, stokes and other complaints. It further said that 329 people wounded in road misshapes were also provided medical services during Eid holidays.
Similarly, 161 major operations and minor procedures and 111 dialysis sessions were also performed during the holidays. Likewise, 1,951 CT scans, ultrasounds, and X-rays were done, and 5,951 different tests were conducted by the Pathology Department while a total of 73 babies were born in the hospital during the Eid holidays. Apart from this, the report said that special arrangements had been put in place to ensure free treatment facilities to the general public through the Sehat Card programme.
Hospital Director Prof Dr Muhammad Fazil said thanked and appreciated the doctors, nurses, paramedics, administrative staff, class-IV, janitorial, security and support staff for punctuality and helping in providing uninterrupted healthcare services to patients during the holidays.
